"Plan A"..... (ish)

Today we started off at Soeuth and Syna’s with French toast, fruit and coffee. Then we visited and toured the Christian And Missionary Alliance (CAMA) office here in Poipet. After our group devotions, we put together our “PLAN A” for the day. A little later, a nice young man named Heng, came by and taught us some very basic Khmer. We all laughed at ourselves and each other as we tried to pronounce some of the words and phrases. It would be a tough language to fully learn. But the locals really appreciate even the slightest effort to talk to them in their native tongue.

After lunch, we journeyed out to the new Poipet church building where we will be hosting the English Camps. Man, is it a beautiful building! It is 99% complete and the Cambodian workers were there putting the finishing touches on it. As we were admiring the building, a rain storm snuck in and proceeded to dump massive amounts of water on us. What seemed to be buckets of golf-ball sized rain drops drenched most of us in seconds as we rode to the CAMA office in the back of Kandi’s truck.

We looked like a bunch of wet rags. It was quite a sight. The rain did bring with it much-welcomed cooler temps, and we couldn’t help but just laugh about the whole thing.

The rain and a couple of other things quickly washed away our “PLAN A.” As Karl mentioned before we left, “It is a good day in Cambodia when “Plan B” works. Well, I think today we probably ended up a bit further down the alphabet. But it was still a great day.

Tomorrow’s “PLAN A” includes several church services in the Poipet area and surrounding villages, as well as final preparations for English Camp which starts the next day. It will be a very busy day. Pray for us as several of us will be giving our testimonies and encouraging the local believers. Also pray for our strength and endurance as we are still struggling with the effects of jet lag.